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Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

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Story entitled 'Cath ghlun nan Tarbh', c1866

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/20
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Cath ghlun nan Tarbh' [Cath Chluain Tarbh or Battle of Clontarf] probably collected from Mary MacInnes, Tigh Ghearraidh/Tigharry, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist describing how she heard 'an extraordinary lay with her uncle [Roderick MacQuien, catechist] entitled Cathul an Tarbh'. She gives a short synopsis of the story which is about a fight between the bulls of Lochlan [Lochlann/Norway] and Eirinn [Ăˆireann/Ireland].

Dates: c1866